Another year, another transportation study
It is 18 months after Ottawa killed the CWB, grain is not moving and prairie prices have fallen by half on wheat and barley. Farmers are no longer being paid for their high protein wheat; Our major customers are complaining about delays and a lack of quality assurance so they’re going elsewhere. Even the western Australians are eating our lunch on feed barley. Could the fact they are on...
Read MoreChaos at Port
Turning the coyotes loose (Feb 4, 2014) A few days ago a friend asked me why most of the media stories about the chaos in grain shipping at the west coast failed to mention the end of the single desk farmer-controlled Canadian Wheat Board. As in any system with a lot of moving parts, one failure often leads to another. Ottawa killing the single desk Wheat Board has removed one of the very few...
Read MoreProducer cars withering
by admin on Jul 16, 2013 in News Release
Producer cars withering – farm group calls for open access to terminal elevators (Regina, July 16, 2013) Recent numbers obtained by the Canadian Wheat Board Alliance (CWBA) show that producer car shipments are down by almost 40% from last year.* “This means farmers have lost at least five million dollars ” noted Bill Gehl, chairperson of the CWBA. “Clearly the private sector is...
Read MoreFamily Day Special: Medicine Hat flour mill killed by Ritz
This plant closure is Prime Minister Harper’s and Minister Ritz’s family day present to the workers at Medicine Hat losing their jobs and the farm families who will see their grain cheques get smaller.
Read MoreSpeak Up
by admin on Mar 25, 2012 in Articles and Letters
So who will speak up for you when
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